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Khayelitsha

Surf and dive town · South Africa

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19 places to stay within 2 km.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

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Spots near here: 152 places in 2 sports

Surf · this week

Greenways Reef · about 35 min by car · stays in Strand
47 out of 100
AECI beachbreak. · about 30 min by car · stays in Strand
45 out of 100
Blinkklip Inner Reef · about 30 min by car · stays in Strand
45 out of 100
Blinkklip Reef · about 25 min by car · stays in Strand
45 out of 100
Die Poort · about 30 min by car · stays in Strand
45 out of 100
Duckies Reef · about 30 min by car · stays in Strand
45 out of 100
Seconds · about 25 min by car · stays in Somerset West
45 out of 100
Seconds · about 25 min by car · stays in Somerset West
45 out of 100

All 151 surf spots

Silkies · about 30 min by car · stays in Strand
45 out of 100
Strand (pipe) · about 30 min by car · stays in Strand
45 out of 100
Monwabisi · about 10 min by car
41 out of 100
Jerilotto · about 1h by car · stays in Pringle Bay
38 out of 100
Nine mile Reef · about 10 min by car
38 out of 100
Kleinmond · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Kleinmond
36 out of 100
Camelot · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Betty's Bay
35 out of 100
Kakkarlak · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Kleinmond
35 out of 100
Koeelbay (caves) · about 50 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
35 out of 100
Koeelbay (Ledges) · about 50 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
35 out of 100
Koeelbay (Main beach) · about 50 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
35 out of 100
Kokkerot · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Kleinmond
35 out of 100
Paranoia · about 50 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
34 out of 100
Tidal Pools · about 55 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
34 out of 100
Betty's Bay · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Betty's Bay
33 out of 100
Bettysbay (main beach) · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Betty's Bay
33 out of 100
Waterfalls · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Betty's Bay
33 out of 100
Pringle Bay · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Pringle Bay
32 out of 100
Selis · about 55 min by car · stays in Blouberg
32 out of 100
Camps Bay shorey · about 50 min by car · stays in Cape Town
31 out of 100
Glen Beach · about 50 min by car · stays in Cape Town
31 out of 100
Glen Reef · about 55 min by car · stays in Cape Town
31 out of 100
Hout Bay · about 50 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
31 out of 100
Llandudno · about 55 min by car · stays in Llandudno
31 out of 100
Llandudno (Outer Reef) · about 55 min by car · stays in Llandudno
31 out of 100
Mac's spot · about 55 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
31 out of 100
Milton Pool left · about 55 min by car · stays in Cape Town
31 out of 100
The Bluff left · about 55 min by car · stays in Camps Bay
31 out of 100
Van Riebeek · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
31 out of 100
1st Bank · about 55 min by car · stays in Cape Town
30 out of 100
Bakoven · about 50 min by car · stays in Cape Town
30 out of 100
Bali Bay · about 50 min by car · stays in Cape Town
30 out of 100
Captains · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
30 out of 100
Chapman's Peak mystery lefts. · about 50 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
30 out of 100
Cherry Rock · about 55 min by car · stays in Cape Town
30 out of 100
Clifton 3rd Beach · about 55 min by car · stays in Cape Town
30 out of 100
Clifton 4th Beach · about 55 min by car · stays in Cape Town
30 out of 100
Crayfish Reef · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
30 out of 100
Electrics · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
30 out of 100
Holbaai · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
30 out of 100
Noordhoek Beach · about 55 min by car · stays in Noordhoek
30 out of 100
Rocklands · about 55 min by car · stays in Cape Town
30 out of 100
Secrets (Chapmans Peak Shorey) · about 50 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
30 out of 100
Sewers · about 50 min by car · stays in Cape Town
30 out of 100
Slabberts · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
30 out of 100
Solly's · about 55 min by car · stays in Cape Town
30 out of 100
Tidals · about 50 min by car · stays in Cape Town
30 out of 100
11th Ave Melkbos Strand · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
29 out of 100
1ste Steen · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Blouberg
29 out of 100
2de Steen · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Blouberg
29 out of 100
3de Steen · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Blouberg
29 out of 100
Beach road · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
29 out of 100
Big Bay · about 1h by car · stays in Blouberg
29 out of 100
Blaauwberg · about 1h by car · stays in Blouberg
29 out of 100
Cannonball Reef · about 50 min by car · stays in Cape Town
29 out of 100
Derde Steen · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Blouberg
29 out of 100
Gasworks · about 55 min by car · stays in Cape Town
29 out of 100
Gunties · about 55 min by car · stays in Cape Town
29 out of 100
Haakgat Point · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
29 out of 100
Horse Trails · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Blouberg
29 out of 100
Kamer van 17 · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Blouberg
29 out of 100
Little Bay · about 1h by car · stays in Blouberg
29 out of 100
Misty Cliffs · about 1h by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
29 out of 100
Queens · about 55 min by car · stays in Cape Town
29 out of 100
Scarborough Beach · about 1h by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
29 out of 100
Scarborough Point · about 1h by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
29 out of 100
Shells · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Blouberg
29 out of 100
Snottballs · about 1h by car · stays in Blouberg
29 out of 100
Tube Wave · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Melkbosstrand
29 out of 100
Chrystal Road · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Betty's Bay
28 out of 100
Harbour Island · about 40 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay
28 out of 100
Pebbles Shorey · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
27 out of 100
Washing Machines · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
27 out of 100
Barnicles · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
26 out of 100
Battery · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
26 out of 100
Boneyards · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Kommetjie
26 out of 100
Dangers, reef · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
26 out of 100
Dungeons · about 55 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
26 out of 100
Dungeons (The Slab section) · about 55 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
26 out of 100
I&J's · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
26 out of 100
Inner kom · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
26 out of 100
K 364 · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Kommetjie
26 out of 100
K 365 · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Kommetjie
26 out of 100
Kakapo · about 55 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
26 out of 100
Ledge · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
26 out of 100
Outer Kom · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
26 out of 100
penguins · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Betty's Bay
26 out of 100
pitzmah (clazo's ledge) · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
26 out of 100
Southwest Reef · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
26 out of 100
Sunset Beach · about 50 min by car · stays in Milnerton
26 out of 100
Conveyer Belts · about 1h by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
25 out of 100
Crabs · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
25 out of 100
Crayfish Factory · about 1h by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
25 out of 100
Drainpipes · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Kommetjie
25 out of 100
Dunes · about 55 min by car · stays in Noordhoek
25 out of 100
Kelp Factory · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
25 out of 100
Kommetjie · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
25 out of 100
Krans · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
25 out of 100
Moonlight Bay · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Pringle Bay
25 out of 100
Mysto Freight Trains · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
25 out of 100
Selecta's Wedge · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
25 out of 100
Sunset reef · about 1h by car · stays in Kommetjie
25 out of 100
The Boiler · about 1h by car · stays in Fish Hoek
25 out of 100
The Hoek · about 55 min by car · stays in Hout Bay
25 out of 100
Witsands · about 1h by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
25 out of 100
Lagoon Mouth · about 45 min by car · stays in Cape Town
24 out of 100
Long Dong Island · about 55 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
24 out of 100
Off the wall, Kalk Bay · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
24 out of 100
Sunlight Bay · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Betty's Bay
24 out of 100
Dumps · about 45 min by car · stays in Cape Town
23 out of 100
Kalk Bay (Backdoor) · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
23 out of 100
Kalk Bay Reef · about 40 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek
23 out of 100
Extensions · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
22 out of 100
Off The Wall · about 55 min by car · stays in Cape Town
22 out of 100
Olifants bos · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
22 out of 100
Platboom · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
22 out of 100
Underwater Point · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
22 out of 100
Wipey's · about 55 min by car · stays in Kommetjie
22 out of 100
Dias Beach · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape
20 out of 100
Baileys cottage · about 35 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Black Rocks · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Scarborough Western Cape · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Cemetery · about 30 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Clovelly · about 45 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Clovelly Wedge · about 45 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Dolose point · about 45 min by car · stays in Cape Town · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Glencairn Reef · about 45 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Gordon's Bay , Bikini beach · about 40 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Gordons Bay, Back Reef · about 40 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Gordons Bay, Bikini Shorebreak. · about 40 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Gordons Bay, helicopters · about 40 min by car · stays in Gordons Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Hout Bay Harbour Wall · about 55 min by car · stays in Hout Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Milnerton · about 45 min by car · stays in Milnerton · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Muizenberg · about 35 min by car · stays in Fish Hoek · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Pringle Bay Reef · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Pringle Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Railways · about 45 min by car · stays in Cape Town · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Rooi Els · about 1h by car · stays in Pringle Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Sandy Bay · about 55 min by car · stays in Hout Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Sandy Bay south · about 55 min by car · stays in Hout Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Silver Sands · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Betty's Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Silversands beach · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Betty's Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score
The Wedge · about 45 min by car · stays in Cape Town · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Thermopylae · about 50 min by car · stays in Cape Town · Not for intermediates
–, no score
XXX · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Betty's Bay · Not for intermediates
–, no score

Dive · this week

East Shoal · 12.1 km · stays here
47 out of 100

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Khayelitsha.

Places to eat

6 near Khayelitsha

Places to eat near Khayelitsha

4Roomed eKasi Culture and FoodsAfrican · 0.7 km from the centre
Hungry Lion Khayelitsha CBDChicken · 0.8 km from the centre
Debonairs Pizza KhayelitshaPizza · 1.0 km from the centre
Hungry LionBurger · 1.1 km from the centre
King Steak BuffetBuffet · 1.1 km from the centre
FreshStop Spine Road0.3 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Map

the town and every place near it

Khayelitsha on Google Maps

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Photos of Khayelitsha

Khayelitsha Lookout-Hill Ilitha-Park — Photo: FreddieA, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

2008-02-12 Township suburban — Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Khayelitsha

where it is, what is near

Khayelitsha is a town in Western Cape, South Africa.

From Khayelitsha you can reach 151 surf spots and 1 dive site.

The nearest is Nine mile Reef, a surf spot 4.2 km from the centre.

Overture lists 19 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), 9 km away.

In Western Cape · South Africa

19 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: Cape Town International Airport (CPT), 9 km

Forecast updated Mon 2 Nov, 15:16 UTC. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).